The white stuff that engulfs these flies is a fungus called Entomophthora muscae — Entomophthora translates to “ destroyer of ...

Insects typically have varied and intriguing life cycles that are truly insightful ... the queen has been known to stick around, laying eggs and controlling the ant colony for up to 15 years.

How the life cycles of blowflies help work out when ... The longest insect, according to Tim Cockerill, is a stick insect from South East Asia which grows to over 1ft long. One of the heaviest ...

Although Lucy Cooke 'genuinely loves stick insects more than pandas', she confesses she ... malaria. And botflies have a life cycle that could turn even the most hardy stomach: their larvae burrow ...

Some seeds stick to animals and some are shot out by the flower. Non flowering plants like ferns and mosses don’t even have seeds. They begin their life cycle ... carried by insects or blown ...

In the mountain forests of Vietnam, two creatures use their bodies to blend in with the leaves and branches — stick insects. The two animals, Mycovartes khoii and Mycovartes montanus ...

A WOMAN lost great chunks of her hair after being bitten by a tick. The 28-year-old initially noticed strands falling out ...

Vegetable oil is completely optional and just helps the mixture stick to the leaf before drying. "The fatty acids in the soap are what actually kills the insect, so you can ... "These small pests have ...

What will be the first ABC Insect of the Year ... each one typically eats 300 of these pests over their life cycle." "Once thought to be extinct, the Eltham copper butterfly was re-discovered ...